Otten (2011)

Cornered by the Real World: A Defense of Mathematics

• Author: Samuel Otten
• Journal: Mathematics Teacher
• Year: 2011
• Source: http://www.nctm.org/publications/article.aspx?id=30406, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5951/mathteacher.105.1.0020, or https://www.msu.edu/~ottensam/Otten_2011MT_reprint.pdf

Outline of Headings

• Catalogue and Critique of Responses to "When Am I Ever Going to Use This?"
  • Citing a Real-World Situation
  • Citing a Profession
  • Citing the Mathematics That Underlies Useful Technology
  • Citing a Future Mathematics Class
  • Citing a Future Event in the Current Class
  • Other Responses
• What is the Answer?
• Conclusion

Also

APA

Otten, S. (2011). Cornered by the real world: A defense of mathematics. Mathematics Teacher, 105(1), 20–25.

BibTeX

@article{Otten2011,
author = {Otten, Samuel},
journal = {Mathematics Teacher},
number = {1},
pages = {20--25},
title = {{Cornered by the real world: A defense of mathematics}},
url = {http://www.nctm.org/publications/article.aspx?id=30406 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5951/mathteacher.105.1.0020 https://www.msu.edu/~ottensam/Otten\_2011MT\_reprint.pdf},
volume = {105},
year = {2011}
}